Wheeler Page #5

I wouldn't wanna impose.

I'm goin' into the studio.

I don't need a place to stay.

We're all right there.

No, no, no,

it's not an imposition.

I'll have Rebecca call

and get it set up

with William out there.

It'll be fine.

Really?

Yes.

It was a pleasure.

Thank you so much, Mr. Norman.

Wow! Bobby,

look at this joint.

Hello?

We got two bedrooms here,

some sleepin' area up here.

Wow.

Then a king bed back here.

My phone number and everything's

on this piece of paper here.

Great.

If you need anything,

you can just give me a call.

So you're on the property?

Yes.

Great. It's nice

to meet you, William.

It's nice meetin' you.

Thank you, man.

If there's anything,

let me know, or I'll call,

we'll have a beer sometime.

Sounds good.

If you need anything,

let me know.

Okay, man, thank you.

You're welcome.

I hear it kind of like:

Dum-dum-dum-do-dum.

I like that.

And I don't have...

Should we write...

Do we have to rhyme with crime?

Down to the ground, or poor me.

Do it again.

Do it again.

Man, it's tough. You know?

No...

Ground, town... town?

Pour...

How about:

"Pour me out of this town"?

Pretty crazy, this town.

You never know

where you're gonna meet

the next great talent and, uh,

not too long ago,

I had some friends visiting,

and went on this tour

of music row in Nashville

and met this guy from Texas.

He was just a cool guy and then,

the more I learned about him,

he had quite a story.

He's had some hard times

and he didn't get to come

to Nashville right after

high school like I did.

But anyway, we got together,

he played me some of his songs

and we got together,

and actually wrote a song

just a few days ago.

And I asked him to come on out

to the blue bird and play.

And I'd like for you

to meet my friend Wheeler,

from Kaufman, Texas.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah, buddy.

It's a pretty magical place.

It's pretty crazy the first time

on this stage and, uh...

It's good to have you here, man.

Thank you. I can't believe

I'm at the blue bird.

This is nuts.

Well, let's just go for it.

Thank you. Thank you.

Wheeler, ladies and gentlemen.

Took him a long time

to get here,

but by gosh, he did a great job.

Wow.

Kaufman, Texas.

It was one of those magical

blue bird moments. It was.

I've always loved that place.

It was always kinda like

the Ryman to me.

The blue bird was the pinnacle

for me, you know.

No doubt.

Used to make a lot of trips

up here and...

Stop in on the 9:00 shows

and it was like goin' to church.

- You know what I mean?

- Oh, yeah.

I'm gettin' a little cold, man.

It is cool.

I'm proud of you, buddy.

We gotta write

another one, Bobby t.

I can't thank y'all enough

for comin'.

Hell of a night.

What's that?

I don't know,

I've never heard that before.

He writes all the time.

We're at curb studios

right here.

'Cause Mr. Jim ed Norman

gave me a day or two

to cut these three songs.

I had to pinch myself earlier.

I mean, this is just...

I can't believe

all this is happenin'.

When it rains, it pours, man.

I want you to meet a guy

from Kaufman, Texas.

- Hey, guys.

- Hey, Wheeler!

This is Wheeler Bryson.

Nice to meet ya.

Nice to meet ya.

It's a pleasure.

Nice to meet ya. Pleasure.

Hey, Wheeler.

Basically, the numbers

correlate to the scale of the...

The beat? Oh, right.

So if you were to just say,

"no, I wanna do it in f,"

these numbers still are relevant

to the key of f.

Wow.

Let's go play it.

Yeah, man.

Okay, buddy, you're gonna

sing a scratch vocal.

Okay.

Where do you need me?

Good luck, Wheeler.

All right, guys.

Thank you, guys.

Have fun, man.

Here we go!

And one, two, three.

I'm eddy Bayers.

I'm kinda like the elder

of the group,

I've been goin' on since '74.

And, uh...

Today, was... a surprise,

because it was so refreshing.

And Wheeler,

as a songwriter-storyteller,

great voice,

and the verse on every song

that is just unusual.

And someone like him

doesn't come around very often.

Wow.

Rockin', baby!

That took it to another level.

Yeah!

I like that guitar kickin' in.

Guess what I just recorded

in the studio?

She's only 20.

Yeah!

Oh, Jill, you have no idea,

it sounded so incredible.

Wheeler's awesome, man.

Like eddy was sayin' earlier,

it's just a privilege.

The dude's got a killer voice,

he's awesome,

he's more country than a lot of

new artists we're working with.

It's just refreshing.

He's kinda...

It seems like he's blending

a lot of the cool stuff

that's new

with some of...

Where he comes from.

My name's Bif Watson.

Hitchhiked to Nashville in 1971,

the day after high school.

Workin' with Wheeler today,

uh, really authentic.

Authentic country singer

bringin' back Lyric and melody,

which is a wonderful thing.

Just a real joy to work with.

Great guy too.

Sounded really good in there.

Thanks. Thank you.

I should get back in there too.

I don't wanna waste their time.

Well, can I listen for a second?

Yeah, you can sit in there.

I'm just standin' out

in that big room,

feelin' lonely

and tryin' to sing good.

You know, I wrote move on...

Tryin' to heal myself.

A lot of the lines in that song,

"forgettin' your past"

and "learn to forgive"...

I don't think

I'll ever forget the past...

Forget the pain, but...

Yeah, maybe it was just the...

the magic

of how the track sounded

with the lines that I'm singin'.

I had Wheeler's vocal cranked.

He's like a cross

between cougar, John cougar,

a little bit of Springsteen,

but Waylon,

you know, back in the day.

I think

he's a great storyteller,

he's gonna do great stuff.

I'm just thrilled to be

on the ground floor of this,

'cause it's great.

Wow, there's great energy

on that. Holy cow.

The whole band followed you,

so that was... brilliant.

That was a track.

I think Wheeler's got

a great shot, you know,

so can't wait to see

what happens with this.

Ah, man. Okay...

You wanna see how it's done?

Yeah.

You wanna see how it's done?

Yeah.

All right.

Good lord!

How lucky can a man get?

You hit dirt.

Close.

All right, here's the shot.

Okay.

Here's the one.

Who's winnin'?

Uh... Travis.

'Cause he's not playing.

I'm gonna go take a walk.

Audrey, you wanna come?

Yes.

Be back in a minute.

Good luck, Bobby.

This isn't happening.

You wanna take a wander with me?

Yes. I do.

What's goin' on with you?

Just a lot on my mind.

I can tell that, but,

I mean, you can tell me.

Yeah, I think

it's everything this week.

The studio...

Just been, uh, movin' so fast.

It's brought up

some feelings and...

What is it?

Uh...

I had a, uh...

I had a little girl.

I lost her when she was 5.

Her name was Sadie.

She was everything to me,

you know...

I am so sorry.

I just miss her, you know.

I miss her every day.

And bein' here,

all these nice things

happenin'...

it just makes me think of her.

She was at a party,

playing with some friends,

they were swimming in the pool.

My missus was supposed

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